Sales I've seen

[Kent Ashton]

 I remember seeing this one under construction about the time I was building my Cozy IV.  N654EZ    http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/6/N654EZ.shtm    Builder built some interesting intakes and I took a pic (#4).  He lost his medical and had to sell.  It was well built and has had a nice cockpit upgrade since those days.  I copied the gray paint and his nose-shape on the EZ I built.  🙂    I figure a good EZ can be had for $40-45K then add $20K in avionics so the price seems ambitious.

GORGEOUS 2006 LONG-EZ • $79,000 • FOR SALE • A Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy 1 of the BEST Long-EZ's in the USA! She has an IO-320-B1A, Dual EFII Electronic Ignition, ALL NEW Avionics, 2020 Compliant, Dual Axis AP, VP-X Electronic Circuit Breakers, 10.4" & 4.3" GRT EFIS, Trig TT-22 Trans, Trig TY-91 VHF Radio, VAL NAV-2KR, Garmin 430 WAAS, PS Eng PMA 8000BTi Audio Panel, Tosten Military Style Grip, Dual AHRS, ARTEX ELT 345, 700 TT, Leather Seats, 2" Wider & Longer than Standard Long-EZ, AveoFlash Ultra LED Wingtip Lights, Koger Sun Shade, Baggage Pods, Oversized Canopy, Matco Brakes. Gorgeous, Very Fast & Fuel Efficient! • VISIT MY WEBSITE • Contact Bill Earlywine, Owner - located Oxnard, CA USA • Telephone: 805-669-8870 • Posted April 9, 2019

[tfulwider]

I remember seeing this one at Rough River.  Gorgeous airplane!  

[Jon Matcho]

Steve Velovsek built that airplane (who happened to be Wayne Hicks' hangar mate).  I recall seeing his airplane just months/weeks away from first flight and being utterly impressed.   Dug up these old pictures from 2005.  Gorgeous airplane is right!

[Kent Ashton]

This is a little more like it :  An older EZ, N3223P, (you can tell by the P-51 scoop) but priced about right.  http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/3/N3223P.shtm    I am not a fan of the silver paint, though.  It seems to add about 15 deg to the skin temperature  https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/31195-its-been-12-years-since-someone-started-a-can-i-paint-it-x-thread/?do=findComment&comment=59015    I suppose the surface temp will stay below the Tg but why heat up a plastic airplane?  See p. 12 here  http://www.cozybuilders.org/Oshkosh_Presentations/2006_EpoxyDoDonts.pdf

 

LONG EZ 0-320, FRESH INSP. • $39,900 • FOR SALE • LONG EZ O-320-B2B FRESH COND INSP • $39,900 • O-320, +/-330hrs smoh, (Compression: 79,75,68,70). VFR, MGL Xtreme EFIS, MGL V6 Radio/Intercom, IFLY 720 GPS w/ panel mount, Dual Tosten Stick Grips, Aveo Powerburst LED lights, New ignition switch, B&C Spin-on Oil Filter, Jack Wilhelmson Heavy Duty Nose Gear w/auto exten, Roncz Canard, Armpit scoops, Heated seats, Bag/pods, 3-blade prop, Hershey spinner, Ram Air, complete plans, logs & newsletters, canopy cover. Beautiful, real head turner. Serious inquiries only! • Contact Ray D. Brown, Mt. View, AR (7M2)• Telephone: 870-615-1964. • Contact Ray D. Brown, Owner - located Mountain View, AR USA • Telephone: 8706151964 . 870-213-8657 • Posted April 11, 2019

Edited April 12, 2019 by Kent Ashton

[Kent Ashton]

An interesting project in California (where else?)  🙂  In an age of pre-punched and molded kits, it's interesting to see a one-off like this.  (from Barnstormers)

[tfulwider]

Very unique!  Looks like a good starting place for a sim cockpit.  I sure wouldn't want to be in the air in it!

[Kent Ashton]

This EZ today N367MS  "Magnificent Seven"!   https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N367ms      LONG EZ • AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE SALE • Long EZ N367MS 0-320 powered nose gear 170/180 knot cruise • Contact William R. Oertel, Owner - located Norco, CA USA • Telephone: 951 751-8627 . 951 738-8300 • Posted April 17, 2019

The second airplane Oertel is selling recently.  Good chance to compare them.

Edited April 18, 2019 by Kent Ashton

[Kent Ashton]

This EZ today N795BT.  A basic airplane but looks OK.  Being sold by the builder.  No pics but the video is pretty good.

2011 LONG EZ, O-235, 144 HRS • $24,900 • FOR SALE • Located in Huntington, IN. Email for pics, specs and videos. • Contact Brett D. Gerber, Owner - located Columbia City, IN USA • Telephone: 260-494-4570 • Posted April 19, 2019

Youtube:  https://youtu.be/7nM1A2mUosk

https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/us/795BT

 

[macleodm3]

A flying Long-EZ for $25k... This looks like an excellent deal in NC... this one still available?  For an extra $10k it could have new upholstery, new G3X panel, ADS-B.... wow.... I should have bought instead of built!!

https://raleigh.craigslist.org/avo/d/stovall-rutan-long-ez-aircraft/6845577979.html

 

[Voidhawk9]

1 minute ago, macleodm3 said:

wow.... I should have bought instead of built!!

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But where would be the fun in that?

OK, this is a potentially very good deal. Once my airplane is done (on Tuesday) picking up an airframe like this and upgrading it could be a fun next project!

[Kent Ashton]

Good catch.  For reference, the EZ above is N675JL   https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=675JL  Being sold by the builder's son, it appears.

I know of two EZs near me that are languishing.  One is almost new, has been sitting nearly four years.  The builder is a friend but he didn't even finish Phase I.  I talk to him a lot and say "Let's get that baby back in the air" but so far, no go.  Another EZ was bought by a biz-jet pilot, I flew him over to the western part of the state to see it.  It was a pretty good airplane but non-flying after the builder/owner died, the biz-jet pilot trucked it home 4-5 years ago but has never flown it.    Last I heard, he was trying to get someone to put it together and get it flying for him.    People!  😞

[Quinton Oliviero]

Hopefully I'll be editing this space with some details soon, but a friend of mine from my time in Quebec is selling his beautiful Cozy III, C-GDSB. He had a few ads up for a while, but mostly in French-language or Canadian/Quebec specific publications. All I can remember off the top of my head is that it's got an O-320, Catto 3 blade with nickel leading edges, dual EFIS/EMS.

I'd buy it myself, but I need every spare cent to get my Cozy IV build done, and I'm afraid that my wife will definitely enforce her threatened "Plane to Pony ratio" if I get a third plane!

More to follow.

[Kent Ashton]

Nice clean Vari today  N112EZ  https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N112EZ   Only 136 TT?  OK, here is a question for the kids:  He is showing 170 on the Ipad and 125 KIAS at 7300' on the instruments.  Assuming about 0 deg. C at that altitude, how much tailwind component?  🙂   

Question 2 for extra credit:  He says she'll do 165 MPH w no wheel pants.  True or false?

RUTAN MODEL 33 VARI-EZE • $24,500 • FOR SALE • Vari-Eze S/N 43 N112EZ - 136TTAF, C85-12 with 328 SMOH, 700 man-hour refit & paint Oct 2018 includes Carb & Mags by RLB, balanced controls, Belleville shimmy damp, new Saber prop ext., clean wing attach w/ new 4130 plugs, teflon hinge kit, -4 rod ends, push-pull eng controls, canopy strut, Hookers, elec speed brake, new panel, Becker com/intercom, LEMO, Ram, Stratus ADS-B/AHRS, ELT, ADS-B out & MODE-C exempt 91.215(B)3 & 91.225(E), Compliance with most Canard Pusher mods. 661 empty, 1110 MGTOW, 165 MPH TAS w/ no wheel pants, tall pilot friendly, flight tested great, Pristine documentation. • Contact Joseph D. Dougherty, Owner - located Wheaton, IL USA • Telephone: 630-292-1139 • Posted April 22, 2019

[Kent Ashton]

No takers on the quiz, eh?      Just posted: this Quickie north of Atlanta   https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/avo/d/demorest-new-quickie-airplane-kit/6873120820.html   More pics in the ad.

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This is a new complete Quickie airplane kit that comes with everything you need to put it together completely minus the covering and a few other small parts! It comes with clear plexiglass canopy, fuselage, wheels, tires, tubes, propeller with mount, throttle control wires with handle, styrofoam for wings, landing gear, exhaust pipes, fresh new Onan original engine still bolted to bottom of crate it came in, assembly videos with manuals, monthly newsletters which contain tons of examples and information from other builders/owners from 1985-1993(3 full binders of Quickie monthly newsletters) This airplane won all types of awards at Osh Kosh and Sun N Fun air shows and is a fast little airplane with little fuel burn! It was designed by a famous aircraft designer so it is a very well designed airplane! Get your self up and flying for the low cost of $3,500 which is only the cost of the engine! It’s like your getting the rest for free!

Bonus feature:  Interesting discussion of a Super Quickie with a Rotax 503.  52 hp versus the 18 hp Onan.  http://jdfinley.com/file-downloads/quickie-aircraft-documents/   Alternatively, you could try the jet version but that one has had mixed results.     https://youtu.be/QnJBMYC8ReA  Nah, I think I will let this one pass me by.  🙂  

 

Edited April 24, 2019 by Kent Ashton

[Jon Matcho]

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Get your self up and flying for the low cost of $3,500 which is only the cost of the engine! It’s like your getting the rest for free!

Now that is funny!

Clean plans are available at www.quickheads.com  I much more like the idea of running a Rotax on this, but Onan's were the standard for the original Quickies way back.

[Kent Ashton]

3 today.  This one relisted at the same price.  First seen March 14.   Might be N40LC, the only Varieze I see in Crete (Will County), IL.  The registration does not come up.  FAA says it has a problem.

SUPER NICE VARIEZE • $25,000 • AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR TRADE • Like new condition, new paint, new interior cont 0-200 752 SMOH TT, airplane 569hrs tt Call or text • Contact Felipe Gonzalez, Owner - located Crete, IL USA • Telephone: 7735718138 • Posted April 30, 2019

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A Long-ez N795BT first seen here  https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=63331  relisted on Fort Wayne, IN Craiglist.  Same price.  I am seeing a fair number of airplanes on Craiglist these days.  (White, 3rd pic)

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One of David Hanson's refurbished airplanes.  (pics)  N440EZ   https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=440EZ

RUTAN VARIEZE • $29,000 • FOR SALE • 2003 Varieze for sale. Too busy to fly it and so the wife says I need to sell it. 330 TTAF and SMOH. Continental O-200 with high compression pistons. Gary Hertzler Silver Bullet (20 SNEW). Electric Speedbrake, Elevator Trim, and Nose Gear, and Starter Lightspeed Dual Electronic Ignition. LED Nav and Strobe Lights. Canopy Cover included in sale. iFly 740b. Trio EZ Pilot Autopilot. Electronics International Digital Engine Instruments. Microair 760 Transceiver. Microair T2000SFL Transponder. PS Engineering Intercom • Contact Jake Patrick - HOOK DOWN AVIATION, Owner - located Chesapeake, VA USA • Telephone: 3522144680 • Posted April 30, 2019

Edited May 1, 2019 by Kent Ashton

[Kent Ashton]

I see that the "Bally Bomber" is for sale on B-stormers at $225,000.  What a work of art!  You would empty the FBO wherever you land. https://www.facebook.com/BallyBomber/?ref=page_internal  

[Kent Ashton]

This Lightspeed ignition today on Ebay.  I really like mine.  The bids did not meet his reserve the first time so I imagine he has lowered his reserve to the $2K to $2.5K range.  A pretty good buy if it goes for that.  Item # 123752945416 if you are interested.

[Kent Ashton]

Saw this "Open eze" on a FB page.  N871CG     Said to be for sale at $35K with overhauled O-290 (50 hrs) and about 150 hrs airframe.  You will have to call the owner for more details.  Wow, Jon, someone is actually building from the Open-EZ plans, huh?

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=871CG

added:  I see a Clyde Lee Baker age 71 at that address.  Still has a medical but he might be aging out.  https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Main.aspx

Just call me "Super Sleuth".  🙂

Edited May 4, 2019 by Kent Ashton

[Jon Matcho]

23 hours ago, Kent Ashton said:

Saw this "Open eze" on a FB page.  N871CG     Said to be for sale at $35K with overhauled O-290 (50 hrs) and about 150 hrs airframe.  You will have to call the owner for more details.  Wow, Jon, someone is actually building from the Open-EZ plans, huh?

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=871CG

Wow!!!  I figure those that are building Open-EZs register as Long-EZs, which -- based on a recent discussion on the Cozy Builders list -- would make sense for insurance purposes.  Regardless, this is quite interesting.  The timing is good too as I am halfway into the Open-EZ Revision 6 update.

The FAA registration also brings up a few pet peeves of mine:

1. It's 'Long-EZ', not LongEz, LoneEze, Long Eze, etc.  Long-EZ.
2. It's VariEze, with the same points to be made.
3. EZ and Eze are pronounced as if you were to pronounce the letters 'E' and 'Z' individually, or "easy" as a shortcut.

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Awesome find Kent!

[Kent Ashton]

Here's a tip worth repeating:  You can google-search a particular website by using the syntax "site:craigslist.org long-ez" (leave off the quotes).  I saw this California EZ project today with that.  The workmanship looks very good.  Don't let the dark-colored epoxy bother you; Ez-Poxy does that after a while.  The centerspar was placed in the wrong orientation for the pic.  Comes with lots of do-dads; the price is reasonable, I think.  Left hand stick?  It can moved.

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/avo/d/corona-rutan-long-ez-80-built-plans/6874274828.html

[Jon Matcho]

 

 

 

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30 minutes ago, Kent Ashton said:

Left hand stick?  It can moved.

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/avo/d/corona-rutan-long-ez-80-built-plans/6874274828.html

Or imagine you're in a Cozy where a left-hand stick is standard (unless you fly from the right seat).

The canard may be a GU so just build a new one if need be.  Looks like a great buy!

[Voidhawk9]

 

 

 

17 hours ago, Jon Matcho said:

The canard may be a GU so just build a new one if need be.  Looks like a great buy!

Or add VGs or turb tape to the existing one. Much easier!

[Kent Ashton]

No Reserve!  This Texas Cozy project on Ebay.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cozy-Mark-IV-Aircraft-Project/202673159561?    Here is his website  http://www.ez.org/pages/mattstecher/index.html  It looks very nice.  The only thing I would question are his fuselage antennae which are oriented for 3/9 o'clock.  He probably has $4-$5K in materials, not to mention 300-400 hrs labor.

The Lightspeed Plasma III mentioned above did not meet the reserve.  High bid $1075.  Ebay is good for a quick sale but I think you do better having a little patience on Barnstormers.

Edited May 8, 2019 by Kent Ashton

[tfulwider]

Saw this one pop up on the Pilots of America forum.  A gentleman that has terminal cancer donated his project to an EAA chapter in Georgia.  Here's his description.  

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Our EAA Chapter had a Long-EZ donated by a gentleman that has terminal cancer. Our job now is to sell it. I'm looking for some idea of its worth. From what we can glean, it hasn't been flown since 1988 or there about. Not entirely sure as to what engine is on it, but it has not been run either. Engine TT is over 2100 hours. Personally, I don't expect we can get much for it at all, just not sure what range it would be in.

 

 

Not much to go on but if someone's interested I'm sure I can get the contact info